Getty Images has formed a multi-year partnership supplying licensed visuals to OpenAI search and ChatGPT. The pact comes after the company's past opposition to generative AI, including its 2022 ban on AI art, a lawsuit against Stability AI, and a 2025 content deal with Perplexity AI that mandated image credits.

High-quality, licensed visual content makes AI-powered search and discovery more useful and more trustworthy.
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Getty has released no information on whether the new OpenAI arrangement permits training on its pictures, though its earlier pact with Perplexity bars such activity.
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